Many terminal diseases can cause pain. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, a person with a terminal illness can decide to pursue aggressive treatment or stop treatment all together....
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the one of the most lethal diseases in modern culture. In the United States, AIDS is the fifth leading cause of death in people between the ages of 25 to 44, according to the New York Times Health...
The Marburg virus, indigenous to Africa, is an infection that can cause fevers that are hemorrhagic. This means it causes bleeding that is severe, along with organ failure. It can be fatal. It is associated with the more commonly known Ebola...
There are many diseases that are dangerous to mankind. Whether they are incurable, chronically lethal or acutely deadly, certain illnesses have dire affects when humans are infected. Viruses, bacteria, genetic abnormalities or even simple proteins...
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines key terms used in the discussion of pandemic diseases: "A disease epidemic occurs when there are more cases of that disease than normal. A pandemic is a worldwide epidemic of a disease." Scientific...
A neurological disorder or disease affects the central and peripheral nervous system. According to the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, a child's complex and vulnerable nervous system can be damaged by traumas, infections, heredity and tumors,...
As civilization progresses and grows, so does the amount of waste produced. Unfortunately, much of this waste can contain harmful disease-causing substances, such as bacteria, fungi and viruses, which can be transmitted to humans. Infectious waste...
According to the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, viral zoonotic diseases are infectious diseases which can be transmitted from animals to humans. The modes of transmission include contact, inhalation, bites or through the conjunctiva in the...
A virus can infect any animal, insect, plant or even bacteria, according to LiveScience.com, a website updated on the latest viruses and diseases. Some viruses are very mild, like the common cold, but tend to spread more rapidly. Other diseases...
The human body possesses sophisticated mechanisms to ward off and recover from disease. Yet, it remains vulnerable. Categories of human diseases, based on the nature of the underlying disorder, help guide research and treatment. Infectious,...
What do the common cold, the flu, herpes and AIDS have in common? Viruses cause them. There's more. Hepatitis, polio, RSV, Ebola, foot-and-mouth disease, coxsackievirus, Kaposi's sarcoma, some encephalitis and HPV don't even complete the list of...
Viruses -- microscopic infective agents consisting of protein-encased genetic materials -- are responsible for a vast repertory of diseases, from Ebola and AIDS to influenza and the common cold. Viruses multiply by hijacking the host cell's...
